Unit 1 Test Flashcards
Preliterate societies transmitted their culture by all of the following EXCEPT:
a. stone art
b. cave paintings
c. oral traditions
d. detailed genealogies
e. creation myths
d. detailed genealogies
What is not meant by culture?
a. shared religious beliefs
b. learned patterns of expression and action
c. material objects such as dwellings, clothing and tools.
d. shared biological characteristics
e. similar values
d. shared biological characteristics
The Neolithic era is associated with which of the following?
a. making tools out of materials including metal.
b. making large rock formations like Stonehenge for religious purposes.
c. an agricultural hallmark when people lived in buildings instead of caves.
d. the rise of agriculture.
e. the start of a bilateral trade system.
d. the rise of agriculture
Most early human activity centered on
a. gathering food
b. acquiring wealth
c. construction projects
d. entertainment
e. warfare with encroaching clans
a. gathering food
The agricultural revolution first occurred in which region?
a. East Asia
b. North America
c. Middle East
d. South Africa
e. Western Europe
a. Middle East
The earliest transition to agriculture what characterized by?
A. The advent of specialized tools
B. An increase in tribal warfare between foraging clans.
C. A decrease in desertification in the Sahara in Africa.
D. Increased seed hybridization in the Americas.
E. Increased trade routes in the Mediterranean
A. The advent of specialized tools.
Most early agricultural communities had a staple crop based on: A. Grain or rice B. Sheep and goats C. Pumpkins, squash, or gourds D. Oranges and mushrooms E. Berries and nuts
A. Grain or rice
The religions of farming communities tended to focus on: A. A sky god or male deity B. An earth mother or female deity C. A variety of important gods D. Nature spirits E. Moon worship
B. An earth mother or female deity
Mesopotamian gods were anthropomorphic; that is, they:
A. Took form as the elements of nature
B. Were imagined to be human like in form and conduct
C. Appeared in the bodies of kings while on earth
D. Were divine and perfect beings
E. Were omniscient
B. Were imagined to be humanlike in form and conduct
Cuneiform writing was accomplished by:
A. Incising written symbols in clay
B. Alphabetical arrangement of phonemes
C. Mathematical calculations on the outside of a clay envelope
D. Learning the cuneiform language
E. Implanting reed tips and tokens in clay tablets to make patterns
A. Incising written symbols in clay
The culture that developed in Egypt was unique largely because of:
A. Egypt’s interaction with other civilizations
B. Egypt’s natural isolation and essential self-sufficiency
C. Egyptian dominance in metalworking
D. Egypt’s surplus agricultural production and trade
E. Egypt’s large population
B. Egypt’s natural isolation and essential self-sufficiency
Fundamental concepts of Egyptian religion were based on:
A. The desires of pharaohs
B. Extending Egyptian control over competing cultures
C. The vision of cosmic order that the physical environment of the Nile Valley evoked.
D. Ideas brought to Egypt from Mesopotamia.
E. Each person’s individual reflection of what god is like
C. The vision of a cosmic order that the physical environment of the Nile Valley evoked.
Mesopotamia, Egypt, and the Indus Valley civilizations were all:
A. Based on fertile flood plains and river valleys
B. Made possible by large agricultural surpluses.
C. Derived from an earlier, as yet undiscovered “watershed” civilization
D. Based on beer brewing and female labor
E. Wiped out by a huge drought
A. Based on fertile floodplains and river valleys
The region of modern Pakistan which gave birth to the earliest know civilization in the Indian subcontinent is centered on which river? A. Oxus B. Ganges C. Indus D. Nile
C. Indus
Which of the following was probably not one of the components of the “systems failure” that brought down the Indus Valley cities?
A. That the Hakra River system dried up
B. That invaders from the north and east drove out the inhabitants
C. Massive flooring
D. Salinization of farmland
R. Increased erosion
B. That invaders from the north and east drove out the inhabitants
The Hyksos were able to conquer Egypt because they had:
A. Horse-drawn chariots carrying archers with composite bows
B. Iron weapons
C. Control of the Nile Delta region, so they could restrict irrigation to Egyptian agriculture
D. Massive armed forces from a consolidated army of the Near east
E. Superior administrative organization
A. Horse-drawn chariots carrying archers with composite bows.